AirCentre Aviation News Digest - December 2003, Week Two

Week Two
2003

December 17 1903 - Kill Devil Hill 4 Miles South of Kitty Hawk
First Fully Controlled Powered Flight carried out by Orville Wright

100 Years of Powered Controlled Flight Remembered

	December 14 The Wright Bros' contribution to flight on December 17 1903 will be remembered at Archerfield by the Royal Queensland Aero Club by a 10 aircraft formation fly past over the Brisbane CBD around 0800hrs on Wednesday 17^th
Wilbur Wright in damaged machine after an unsuccessful flight attempt December 14 1903 - More Images HERE

Jon Johanson Stuck in Antarctica

December 10
Adventurer Dick Smith went on national TV to outline the plight of another fellow adventurer - Jon Johanson - and his problems obtaining fuel from an American base in Antarctica

"The McMurdo-Scott base do not want private people to arrive there at all and that you need to be self-sufficient if you do"

Jon has done a few around the world flights in his home built RV4 aircraft and called into Archerfield back in March 1997 on the way to the Rocky Air Show - click HERE for report

Media Content:- The News Desk - Local TV - ABC

Low Level Final Turn Claims Three

December 3
A 6 seat single engine Socata carrying France's richest businessmen, his wife and pilot have died when their aircraft impacted the ground approaching Kidlington airport near Oxford in the UK

Media reports indicate to this News Desk that the accident was as a result of a low-level high 'G' control input when turning final that resulted in an uncontrolled rotation and vertical descent

Since 1998 these AirCentre pages have campaigned for all pilots to fly safe by thinking about what is happening to their machine in a turn and effects of induced "G"

To view the "Old Dog" safety hints click HERE

Media Content:- The News Desk and Courier-Mail

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